Cinema has a long and illustrious history when it comes to parents who aren’t perhaps best suited to bringing up their unfortunate offspring. To celebrate the home entertainment release of Can’t Come Out To Play, out on DVD and digital platforms from June 22, 2015 courtesy of Signature Entertainment, we take a look back at some of the worst parents to grace the big screen… Katherine and Richard (Can’t Come Out To Play)...

Dir. John McNaughton, US, 2013, 104 mins Cast: Michael Shannon, Samantha Morton, Peter Fonda, Charlie Tahan, Natasha Calis This poorly paced thriller, which has obviously sat on the shelf for two years, sees Maryann (the excellent Natasha Calis from The Possession) move in with her grandparents after the death of her parents. Feeling isolated, Maryann goes for a walk and is overjoyed to discover a young boy named Andy (Tahan) lives in...